FastMac's "Max out your mini" upgrade

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To upgrade the MAc Mini to Tiger or not?

To upgrade the MAc Mini to Tiger or not? 04/13/2005 05:42 AM

Well I have used my Mac Mini quite a bit. I still find it more convenient to work in windows. I hate to say it but the OS has not really grown on me that much.

I have not seen were I can really do anything smarter in OS X then windows. The main things I do like about it though is how easy it is to install and un-install applications. I like the mouse but otherwise it is a computer.

I am sure I will be crucified by the Mac zealots but I even find doing podcast on the Windows machine is much easier than the Mac. Simple reason is and it's a secret that Apple probably does not want getting out, the audio amplifiers inside all Macs are set at a fixed amplification level and you have to drive the heck out of the audio input on most Macs to get the audio levels correct.

Heck the mini does not even have a microphone input and while using the Griffin iMic and trying to record I get annoyed after about 30 seconds due to the audio delay being fed to my headset.

Don't get me wrong the mini was a lot of bang for the buck but after hearing my friends talk about how amazing the Mac was I am still wondering what they are talking about it's a computer.

So the question now becomes will I upgrade to Tiger. I suppose if the mini will handle it I will, just because I am a geek. I have finished learning OS X so I might as well. [Yahoo]

OWC launches 72-hour Mac mini upgrade
service

OWC launches 72-hour Mac mini upgrade
service 04/12/2005 11:47 AM
Other World Computing has announced a 72-Hour Mac mini upgrade service that allows users to boost the RAM, hard drive, or optical disc drive options on their new low-cost Mac...

Mac mini Upgrade Prices Shrink to Size
of Box

Mac mini Upgrade Prices Shrink to Size
of Box 02/01/2005 08:55 PM

News: OWC offers 72-hour Mac mini
upgrade program

News: OWC offers 72-hour Mac mini
upgrade program 04/12/2005 11:55 AM
Have one of Apple's new Mac minis but wish it were better equipped? Other World Computing (OWC) now offers a 72-hour Mac mini upgrade installation program that will net you as many as three upgrade options, with FedEx-based overnight pickup and return to boot.

Apricorn Introduces EZ Upgrade 1.8T Hard
Drive Upgrade Kit

Apricorn Introduces EZ Upgrade 1.8T Hard
Drive Upgrade Kit 08/04/2004 02:38 AM
Apricorn, a leader in personal storage products, today released the EZ Upgrade 1.8T Hard Drive Upgrade Kit. EZ Upgrade 1.8T is the first hard drive upgrade kit designed specifically for 1.8" hard drives found in many of the latest portable notebooks and tablet PC's. In three simple steps users can seamlessly transfer all the data from the old hard drive to a new hard drive and transform the old hard drive into a portable Hi-Speed USB 2.0 backup and/or storage solution. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

IBASE Starts Shipping PentiumŪ M
Mini-ITX Boards THE MOST MULTI-FEATURED
MINI-ITX BOARD

IBASE Starts Shipping PentiumŪ M
Mini-ITX Boards THE MOST MULTI-FEATURED
MINI-ITX BOARD 08/08/2004 02:14 AM
IBASE Technology, a leader in embedded computing, starts shipping the most multi-featured PentiumŪ M based Min-ITX motherboard in the market today. Integrated with the IntelŪ 855GME chipset, the MB890 Mini-ITX board features outstanding mobile performance and low-power enhancements. [PRWEB Aug 8, 2004]

The Plasticsmith Debuts Mini Shack For
Mac Mini

The Plasticsmith Debuts Mini Shack For
Mac Mini 04/15/2005 09:47 AM

By MacNN

A mini-guide to Mac OS X for new Mini
owners

A mini-guide to Mac OS X for new Mini
owners 02/01/2005 08:53 PM

Apple finally went and released an inexpensive computer. With the advent of the Mac mini, some Windows and Linux users who have been curious about Mac OS X but turned off by Apple's high prices have finally bit the bullet and ordered a mini.

Trying an unfamiliar operating system can be irritating at times. Things are not where you expect them to be, the GUI is different, and connecting to servers and other PCs can be frustrating. Hence the mini-guide.

This is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to all things OS X. Its purpose is to help those new to the operating system do simple things, like use a Windows printer, connect to a network share, and figure out what the key with the funny-looking squiggle on it next to the spacebar does (or even use your PC keyboard with a Mac). So if you're an "adder" and are feeling a bit out of sorts, check out our guide.

upgrade (Upgrade notices, pro and con)

upgrade (Upgrade notices, pro and con) 01/05/2003 05:13 PM
Clagnut debates the merits of hidden “upgrade” messages on sites that use CSS for layout, XHTML for structure. In February 2001, A List Apart redesigned

A Mini iPod Mini?

A Mini iPod Mini? 01/07/2004 02:19 PM
A Mercury News article reports on Apple's new 'iPod Mini'. According to this article:Phil Schiller, Apple vice president of worldwide product marketi...

iPod mini Comes With iPod mini Software
1.0 (And Other Notes)

iPod mini Comes With iPod mini Software
1.0 (And Other Notes) 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
The iPod mini does not use the same software as the iPod itself. (iPodlounge via MyAppleMenu)

iPod Your BMW: iPod Mini Yes, Mini
Cooper Maybe No

iPod Your BMW: iPod Mini Yes, Mini
Cooper Maybe No 06/25/2004 07:15 AM

As eagle-eyed reader Thomas Shebest pointed out to me, it looks as if Apple has removed the Mini (car) from its BMWYourIpod page. Either the Mini isn't supported any longer, or, more likely, someone within BMW's marketing department didn't want to dillute the Beemer brand with their low-end cousin. Whichever -- it's still been removed from the site.
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M ini + Mini == Two Mini [Gizmodo]

upgrade.php 9

upgrade.php 9 09/24/2004 09:36 AM
A script that provides advanced functions in older PHP interpreters.

upgrade.php 1

upgrade.php 1 09/06/2004 12:32 PM
A script that provides advanced functions in older PHP interpreters.

PHP 4.3.1 Upgrade

PHP 4.3.1 Upgrade 02/20/2003 10:05 PM
The PHP Group today announced the details of a serious CGI vulnerability in PHP version 4.3.0. A security update, PHP 4.3.1, fixes the issue. Everyone running affected version of PHP (as CGI) are encouraged to upgrade immediately. The new 4.3.1 release does not include any other changes, so upgradin

upgrade.php 5

upgrade.php 5 09/11/2004 10:51 AM
A script that provides advanced functions in older PHP interpreters.

apt-get upgrade

apt-get upgrade 12/02/2003 01:56 AM
As my server runs RedHat 7.3, it seemed time for an upgrade.  But before I did, I thought I'd explore Debian - on a test machine. ...

Upgrade to gcc 3.3 and/or 10.3

Upgrade to gcc 3.3 and/or 10.3 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
It is now possible to upgrade Fink to take full advantage of the gcc 3.3 compiler, or to use OS X 10.3 if you have that installed. Binary packages corresponding to these upgrades are not yet available, so if you make extensive use of binary packages you may wish to wait a few days before upgrading. If you wish to perform this upgrade, and you had previously installed the June 2003 Developer Tools update from Apple, you will need to install the August 2003 Developer Tools update BEFORE you upgrade Fink. Under 10.3, be sure to install XCode from the XCode disk before upgrading Fink. Running "fink selfupdate" should perform the upgrade for you. The latest version of the fink package manager will automatically detect which version of OS X and which version of gcc you have installed, and will adjust itself accordingly. If you wish to do a fresh install of Fink on a 10.3 system, we recommend bootstrapping from source, starting from fink-full-0.6.0.tar.gz available on fink's sourceforge download page. You'll need XCode for this as well. Also note that once you have Fink version 0.15.0 or higher, you do not need to install system-xfree86 anymore. Fink is capable of automatically determining your system-xfree86 version if you don't already have any fink x11 packages installed. If you currently have an old system-xfree86 package of any kind installed, please run the following: sudo dpkg -r --force-all system-xfree86 system-xfree86-42 \ system-xfree86-43; fink selfupdate; fink index The Fink team is still working on getting Fink packages working under 10.3, but many many packages already work.

More Reasons Not To Upgrade

More Reasons Not To Upgrade 08/12/2004 10:26 PM
One common wisdom in the Macintosh land is to never install updates from Apple immediately. Wait a while, and let all the other beta testers upgrade and report their successs or failture before you do so. Who knows, maybe Apple will even pull the update so that they can work on it somemore before you update?
But now, there is another reason why you shouldn't update so quickly: find out if the latest and greatest Apple patch will disable your beloved hack -- whether it is to play Windows Media files through your AirPort Express, or copy your RealNetwork files to your iPod.
Sometimes, the computer industry can make one sad.

The Internet may get an upgrade

The Internet may get an upgrade 07/21/2004 05:58 PM

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Thanks to new identification technology built into the Internet’s root servers, IPv6 allows for a dramatic increase of numerical addresses. The new capacity will allow for multiple billions of numbers. In theory, this will allow for an almost infinite number of computers to be connected to the internet in the future….

MT 3.1 Upgrade Report

MT 3.1 Upgrade Report 08/31/2004 10:28 PM

Well, I went ahead and upgraded to Movable Type 3.1 with the free version I got from joining the MT Professionals Network (still trying to find a catch...).

Note that if you're considering a 3.1 upgrade, wait — there are errors in the upgrade scripts that Six Apart is working to fix right now. I had to make one code change and forge ahead while ignoring another error in order to get the upgrade to work. It doesn't help that I've hacked this install up pretty badly.

I haven't really tested any new functionality yet. It doesn't seem any faster, which is disappointing, but the new interface is much, much cleaner and the stylesheet has been made more...hackable. Selectors are grouped by template so you can pretty easily find the rule you want to change (TEXTAREA font is pretty large by default...).

One great improvement: the little bold, italic, underline, and link buttons in the editing interface work in non-IE browsers...finally! That alone is worth the upgrade.

The venerable bookmarklet feature has been changed to "Quickpost" (probably avoid conflicting with the JavaScript hacks that people call "bookmarklets"), but it appears to be screwed at the moment — formatting is all off and the TEXTAREA is about 10-pixels wide.

So, while this upgrade looks promising, hang loose for a week or so before rushing in. There are some speedbumps to work out yet. I'll post about the new functionality as I play with it.

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What Users Want in IE Upgrade

What Users Want in IE Upgrade 08/06/2004 06:45 PM
FEATURE: There's a hive of activity at Redmond around Internet Explorer. If version 7.0 is on tap, what improvements can we expect?

More on the Typekey upgrade...

More on the Typekey upgrade... 05/16/2004 12:18 PM

So my installation of Movable Type has never been the simplest of things. I've had to use cgiwrap to avoid some of the more arcane problems with pair's process throttling and I've got MT installed in a completely different directory and domain to my site. For someone with as little overt server knowledge as myself, this means that every time something's supposed to be a simple installation or adaptation process, everything goes completely wrong. This is all by way of me saying that I've still got lots of problems around the place with integrating the Typekey registration system, including but not limited to it randomly not working, having lots of really nasty preview screens that remain totally untemplated and generally feeling more than a little rough around the edges. I'll endeavour to get it all sorted out this evening so that the Monday morning crowd don't start snarking out at me... Plus: Lots of actually interesting posts on real subjects to come soon!

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An upgrade to the RSS parser

An upgrade to the RSS parser 11/18/2002 12:58 PM
A while back I read on Dive Into Mark a rant about the sheer volume of traffic people hitting off of his RSS feed were causing. At the time I was developing my RSS reader that is in use now at this site. It's completely written by me, and I'm happy with it. It extracts all of the descriptions, links, and titles out of RSS feeds in any version (atleast I haven't experienced otherwise in my browsing) and returns them in an associative array. Also, it caches the RSS files in serialized format so that it doesn't have to repeatedly hit the servers the RSS files reside on, and subsequent requests do not require reparsing. Instead, it only requests the file if the cached file was written more than an hour and a half ago. But, my RSS parser still did not meet the need described in the above linked Dive into Mark article. Basically, Mark (and others) only want their RSS feeds being requested if they have been modified recently. "Recently" is defined by Mark as 3 hours, which is reasonable. I didn't know how to do this with my RSS parser, so I did some research. I found some information on various sites about doing conditional GET statements with PHP, and now my parser will only fetch the file off the remote server if it has been modified within the last three hours. I am now using this new version of my parser. The parser is not perfect, but I really like it. To view the source of it, click here. An article will follow soon.

IBM, GXS Upgrade PIM Tools

IBM, GXS Upgrade PIM Tools 04/18/2005 11:23 AM
As IBM and GSX digest their respective PIM software developer acquisitions, they are working to integrate the new functionality and help users better synchronize external data.

TiBook RAM Upgrade

TiBook RAM Upgrade 12/26/2002 11:03 PM
I just replaced the 128MB DIMM in my TiBook with a 512MB DIMM for a total of 768MB. It'll be interesting to see how much of a difference it makes. I suspect it'll be easy to notice after I've got...

Upgrade to Firefox 0.9.3

Upgrade to Firefox 0.9.3 08/10/2004 04:56 AM

If you are using Firefox (or Mozilla), you should definitely upgrade to version 0.9.3 now because there are three critical bugs as well as the libpng bug in previous versions.  Increasing popularity of Firefox means more vulnerabilities like this will surface.

While I think Firefox marketshare is moving up nicely, I don't think it will reach nor surpass 20% by end of this year.  If you read my prediction carefully, I wrote that Firefox marketshare will be *near* 20%.  Heh.

Messenger 4.5, Why Upgrade?

Messenger 4.5, Why Upgrade? 09/25/2004 07:59 PM

MySQL Upgrade

MySQL Upgrade 01/18/2003 05:55 PM
I'm at work right now, helping to upgrade the MySQL master in Finance from 3.23.xx to 4.0.9. All the slaves have been running 4.0.x for a while (currently 4.0.8) so it's about time we got the master updated. This should...

XPilot upgrade

XPilot upgrade 04/27/2004 08:42 AM
XPilot NG 4.6.4 released

New Upgrade Matrix

New Upgrade Matrix 03/13/2003 10:15 AM
A new Upgrade Matrix is now available, for use in upgrading earlier versions of Fink to the current version, under either OS X 10.1 or OS X 10.2. Users upgrading under 10.1 will be brought to Fink version 0.4.1a, while users upgrading under 10.2 will be brought to Fink version 0.5.0a.

Mergemill 3.5 upgrade now available

Mergemill 3.5 upgrade now available 01/16/2004 10:58 AM
Developer Cross Culture sent out word that a major upgrade to Mergemill, their publishing tool for Web site and CD-ROM development and HTML file generation, is now available. Mergemill allows you to create templates and combine them with content files to quickly create Web pages. The company notes that content files can be created in FileMaker Pro, 4th Dimension, Excel, AppleWorks, or any text editor.

SL-C700 RAM Upgrade

SL-C700 RAM Upgrade 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
Pocket PC Techs are working on a 128MB RAM upgrade for the Zaurus C700....

SMS 1.2 to 2.0 Upgrade: Keep the SMS.INI
File

SMS 1.2 to 2.0 Upgrade: Keep the SMS.INI
File 05/12/2004 07:01 AM

Logic Pro 7 — “A Stellar
Upgrade”

Logic Pro 7 — “A Stellar
Upgrade” 03/22/2005 03:43 PM
“Logic 7 is a stellar upgrade to an already top-of-the-line digital audio workstation,” writes Len Sasso for Electronic Musician. “Many user requests have been fulfilled; there are a number of clever, time-saving new features; and the new plug-ins alone are worth the price of admission.” [Mar 21, 2005]

Tricky upgrade question

Tricky upgrade question 03/06/2004 01:52 AM
Here’s a tricky chicken-and-egg question for Mac admin types...

I have—actually, a relative of mine has—an iMac running Mac OS 9.0.4 that I’d like to upgrade to OS X.

The CD-ROM drive is broken, so the idea is to buy an external CD drive and hook it up. But all the CD drives we can find require OS 9.1 or greater.

Is there another way to install OS X on this machine? Or a way to install 9.1 so we can get a CD drive running so we can install OS X?

Cisco routers get an upgrade

Cisco routers get an upgrade 09/12/2004 11:34 PM
The new wide area network access routers feature embedded security measures and voice over Internet Protocol.

Groove 3.0 take the upgrade plunge

Groove 3.0 take the upgrade plunge 07/15/2004 05:08 AM

I took the plunge and upgraded to Groove 3.0 and thus far I am very happy as it can run now on the taskbar and not suck all of my processors resources. I have setup a Workspace that I am going to open up to readers of this site. If you would like to be part of the Geek News Central Groove Workspace send me a e-mail. geek at geeknewscentral.com [Groove]

Google Local Upgrade

Google Local Upgrade 09/14/2004 10:51 AM
Demo: cheap restaurants in palo alto. Enhanced user interface - a new, cleaner design that now includes maps on results pages displaying the location of businesses in the search results New mapping capabilities - users can now zoom and pan different directions on the maps without reloading the page Improved comprehensiveness - search results provide links to even more web pages like business homepages and related ratings and reviews More relevant results - improved relevance technology returns even more precise results...
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